Posting ported content from owned copies of fo3/fnv to fo4 infringes copyright?

[vmontanari]

I have both copies of FO3 and FNV with all its DLC, and have ported some content from it for personal use and training, a few armors and weapons as test purposes, but now some friends asked for me to share. They also have both games because we played the TTW version, so can i private share between friends? And about public it on NMM? It would be copyright infringement thus for being a violation of terms of conduct from NMM?

[Deleted1205226User]

It would be copyright infringement. Bethesda doesn't want this to happen.

 

From Nexus ToS: "The posting of any copyrighted material, unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material, is strictly prohibited on any Nexus site. This includes linking to sites that contain copyrighted material used without permission of the copyright holder. Legal inquiries regarding copyright infringement are taken very seriously on Nexus sites and we will work with any legal body to identify and bring to justice anyone who might use a Nexus site to share copyrighted material."

Edited January 24, 2016 by Guest

[vashts1985]

id avoid it. i believe the nexus is pretty strict about not letting vanilla content from other games in.

 

other mods are fine as long as you have permission from the authors and they do not contain vanilla assets.

[vmontanari]

Thanks guys, this was very clarifying!

[DrIvanRadenkovic]

I think that if some people make weapons from Fallout 3 and NV, that there will be no problems. For a copy and paste, yes.

[vmontanari]

So to clarify, copying obviously isn't allowed, but if i make something based on the previous game it would be allowed? Or even based in other games?

 

Because many remakes of star wars armors and weapons have been published, and no one said that they aren't allowed.

 

And one final point is that the models from FO3/FNV wouldn't fit on the new/evolved FO4 engine, there for been necessary an adaptation of the object, that being said can I use the meshes/textures to adapt it into FO4 and publish it after on NMM?

[Mavkiel]

So to clarify, copying obviously isn't allowed, but if i make something based on the previous game it would be allowed? Or even based in other games?

 

Because many remakes of star wars armors and weapons have been published, and no one said that they aren't allowed.

 

And one final point is that the models from FO3/FNV wouldn't fit on the new/evolved FO4 engine, there for been necessary an adaptation of the object, that being said can I use the meshes/textures to adapt it into FO4 and publish it after on NMM?

 

 

Ok two answers depending on how your going about it. If your creating an item from scratch, it doesnt matter what the heck you based it on. So long as you did all the work, at worst a moderator might ask you to prove it, and I could have sworn there are some posts on how to do that.

 

Second answer, you used some of the assets in fallout 3/nv to make your mod. In that case you may need to take some extra steps.

 

If you created such a model, and posted it on the fo3/fonv forums, it'd be perfectly legit. Even if it couldn't be used (because of some format issue).

 

Then if you created a fo4 esp, that uses the same texture path, as that fo3 mod you used, and said a person could simply cut and paste.. that texture from that other fo3/nv mod, it'd likely spark no complaints. Although to be safe, I'd also include a modification that fo3/nv *can* use, and include the fo4 model in say the optional download area.

 

*shrugs* I have seen that approach before, normally in various power armor skins from fallout 3 to fallout nv.

 

 

edit: This is all going based on what I have seen on the nexus since I joined. So take with a grain of salt.

Edited January 26, 2016 by Mavkiel

[Deleted1205226User]

To make it clear:

- Making use of copyrighted material without permission and sharing it on the Nexus is not permitted.

- Ripping, porting original content from one game to another and sharing it on the Nexus is not permitted.

 

- Making model from scratch inspired from original content and sharing it on the Nexus is permitted.

- Porting, with permission, custom made model and sharing it on the Nexus is permitted.

[tomomi1922]

While at this, I read over another topic, someone is hoping/trying to get some Mad Max inspired theme for FO4. Technically it is not so hard because those guys over there look so much like raiders. But how will this go with the legality? The models are likely created from scratch, but whether the author says it or not, it will look heavily Mad Max. How will this fall into this topic?

I am not asking for Mad Max author, so please don't address me like I am going to make that mod. I just want to bring it up as a topic for knowledge sake.

And of course, this goes to content like Lords of the Ring, Star Wars, or any popular movies. Hmm, come to think of it, we got Light saber, Darth vader stuff on Nexus already. Will this be falling under "inspired by original content" and perfectly OK with Nexus?

Edited January 27, 2016 by tomomi1922

[lilkandeekid]

To make it clear:

- Making use of copyrighted material without permission and sharing it on the Nexus is not permitted.

- Ripping, porting original content from one game to another and sharing it on the Nexus is not permitted.

 

- Making model from scratch inspired from original content and sharing it on the Nexus is permitted.

- Porting, with permission, custom made model and sharing it on the Nexus is permitted.

 

 

While at this, I read over another topic, someone is hoping/trying to get some Mad Max inspired theme for FO4. Technically it is not so hard because those guys over there look so much like raiders. But how will this go with the legality? The models are likely created from scratch, but whether the author says it or not, it will look heavily Mad Max. How will this fall into this topic?

 

I am not asking for Mad Max author, so please don't address me like I am going to make that mod. I just want to bring it up as a topic for knowledge sake.

 

And of course, this goes to content like Lords of the Ring, Star Wars, or any popular movies. Hmm, come to think of it, we got Light saber, Darth vader stuff on Nexus already. Will this be falling under "inspired by original content" and perfectly OK with Nexus?

 

 

May want to re-read that super clear statement.

Mad Max is not a video game, you cannot steal/rip models and textures directly from a movie and import into a game as they are two totally separate mediums,

If you are doing all the work (creating textures, models, etc) you can make and base you mod of whatever you want.

If you are using someone else's work you need permission.

Edited January 27, 2016 by lilkandeekid